BERRIES IN THE MEADOW

Febuary Market 2012

2012-02-07T09:31:00.000-08:00

Below are pictures from the resent February Market at the Oaks. We mainly focused on Garden, Happy, Beach, and Black and White.

The show went well and we are now getting ready to stock up our

Keystone booth , and possible expand our booth there.

We are now ready to take special orders that we can ship to you or,

can have ready for you to pick up at Keystone.

To get a hold of us just click on the wholesale contact tab above.

Valentines

2012-01-04T12:13:00.000-08:00

Our Valentines Line for 2012 is now available for order. To contact us just click on the Contact Tab at the top of the page and give us a call or send us an email.
You can also purchase our Valentines at our Booth at Keystone Wholesale in Lancaster, PA.
We also working on Spring and everyday items for The market Square show at the Oaks.
Thank You all for a great 2011, and we can't wait to see you at Cash and Carry!

P.S. Also make sure to check out our Spring Line With Collins Painting and Design in Atlanta and at the Oaks.

York Christmas Show

2011-11-24T05:50:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures from our York Christmas show.
Make sure to see us in Edison,NJ on the first weekend in December.
Check out more pictures on our Flickr page.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas in the Woods

2011-11-04T07:00:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our most recent retail show, Christmas in the woods. It is located in Columbiana,Oh, just over the border from PA. It is a craft that runs 2 weekends and brings together many vendors with their handmade items and each vendor demonstrates his work so you can watch and everyone is dressed up in costume to add to the fun.The first weekend was warm and sunny, but the second weekend was cold and rainy, although there were a few times the sun poked out.

I am sorry the photos are not that great, the light in the woods is not that great and there is no electric for lights inside the booth. This show is one of our family's favorites, there is nice music and entertainment, great food, and also lots of our fellow vendors are great friends.

Pictures from Country Living......Finally!

2011-11-03T07:13:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I you all have been waiting along time for these, but better late than never, right?

This is one of our busiest seasons of the year. With the Holidays fast approaching, there are lots of shows to set up and make product for, thus the delay on blog post.

Anyway I hope you enjoy the long awaited pictures. It was a beautiful weekend, and their were more people than I have ever seen in the past 3 years we have done this show. Also you will notice that we changed our booth location. We moved to be under one of the large community tents. It was a larger investment that payed off greatly,our sales went up significantly! Thank You to all for your faithful support of our family business. It is greatly appreciated.

Have a great day!

Country Living preview

2011-09-15T16:52:00.000-07:00

Today we started setting up for County Living Fair. Below are some "sneak peek" pictures of our booth. Make sure to check out the post below this one to see were our new booth is in Tent 5 by the Church. Hope to see you tomorrow!

Country Living Here We Come!!

2011-09-09T17:11:00.000-07:00

I wanted to let you know that WE HAVE MOVED BOOTHS! we are now in TENT 5 below is the show map with a path from our old booth to our new one. Also this year our booth is bigger, so we can bring more inspiring, funky, Happy items to fill your heart and home.
Hope to see you there!!!
Make sure to check out the CL website for pictures from last year and to get info for this year!!

vintage in Print

2011-08-14T14:36:00.001-07:00

I am very excited to announce that I am now designing for Collins Painting and Design Wholesale company!
My first designs were for Christmas and Fall and now I have added summer/beach, everyday Happy, and my newest Black and white Vintage in Print collection.
I am so happy with how all the designs have turned out and hope you that you like them too.
For those of you with Stores you can check out my collections at Collins Painting and Design website or at one of the many Cash and Carry and order writing shows that they exhibit at (which are listed on their website as well).
Below is the postcard for the Vintage in Print collection.

Sorry!

2011-08-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry everyone it has been such a long time since I have posted here.
This spring our family started foster care again, and we were blessed to get a placement of twins!
Needless to say they have filled our lives full ( of joy!) and making time to blog has been few and far between. I am in the process of getting some images to post about a very exciting new avenue of our business. Please make sure to come back to here the good news!

Sneak Peek of Folk Art on the Farm

2011-05-25T09:16:00.000-07:00

Here are some sneak peek pictures of our new summer items.
Hope to see you this weekend!

Her

Summer Thyme at Folk Art on the Farm

2011-05-24T08:52:00.001-07:00

It summer thyme at Folk Art on the Farm.
Please stop by to see our new Summer, beach, and other new items.
Make sure to click on the link for directions to our new farm in New Holland,PA .
Also we will be having a 10% off sale on our garden items.
Thank You and we hope to see you this weekend and Monday (note we are not open on Sunday).

-The Chapman Family

Open House

2011-05-20T06:54:00.000-07:00

Our Store will be open again tomorrow, as well as the Log Cabin and Spring house on our farm. Please stop by for a tour, and to learn about the preservation of this wonderful Farm that we live on. Here is the link for directions.
P.S. Ignore the dates on the flier, this was for our last open house but the description still fits!

Words to Live By....

2011-04-14T07:41:00.000-07:00

Just recently I finished a project of making block signs with only words and sayings on them instead of my normal paintings of flowers and such. Some of them say things such as Brush your teeth, make your bed, or walk the dog. Even though they are some of the most commonly said words in our everyday lives,the happy colors and whimsy of the lettering, make them more like a happy reminder than a nagging statement.When I put all the blocks together, they made quite a colorful combination! It was a very fun and refreshing project. I also included some picture so you could see them. Have a happy day!

P.S. I sure hope you are all having as nice of a spring day as I am here in PA to see what it looks like at my house check out my family blog here.

Third Times a Charm

2011-04-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

As you all know we have had our open house going for the last 3 weekends.Well last weekend a friend of ours stopped by and took some videos and pictures and made this commercial below.
Watch carefully because it includes scenes from my Dad's paint room which No One is allowed to look into, so it is your sneak peek into the behind the scenes of how My Dad makes his artwork.
Hope you enjoy it!

Folk Art On The Farm: Spring Edition

2011-04-07T08:14:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone,
Last weekend we once again opened our home for our annual spring open house. We got an interesting April Fool's surprise on Friday, waking up to snow! But the weather calmed downed and Folk Art On The Farm was a success one again.We have decided to be open again this weekend. If you didn't make it last time, we'd love to see ya here at Big Spring Farm.
Enjoy the photos and make sure to click on the link for a map and directions to our NEW location.
Also check out our flickr page for more pictures of the open house.

Thanks Noah for the Pictures!

Preview of our Open House

2011-03-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I thought I would post some sneak peek pictures of the open house.
The first collage is of the displays outside.The second collage is of some of the displays inside the store. We will be adding a lot more product to these displays but some of the items will not be finished until Thursday.So here you go, I hope you enjoy your "sneak Peek".

P.S. Make sure to check out the link on the last post for a map to our new house.
You also get directions to our house from there.

Folk Art on the Farm Spring Open House

2011-03-23T10:26:00.001-07:00

Here is the flyer for our Spring Open House,
which will be held next weekend April 1 & 2.
Make sure to get directions to our new house,
our new address and phone number is listed below.
Hope to see you next weekend!
Please make sure to mention if you saw this ad on our blog!
Here is a link to a map of our house and you can get directions as well.

Inspired Ideas

2011-03-17T17:22:00.000-07:00

As I told you before, right now I am enrolled in Blogging Your Way e-class by
Holly Becker of Decor8.Our homework this week was to feature one of ten ideas that we talked about.I choose to highlight a magazine.I immediately thought of my friend Amy Powers,and her magazine Inspired Ideas. A few years ago my Dad was featured in the magazine as an Inspired Friend.I love this magazine as it combines fresh ideas, new artists,whimsical layouts,and vintage finds.In this mostrecent issue, Amy had Mary Engelbreit as one of her artist profiles.
I was so glad to see her since I was a big fan of her late magazine,
Home Companion.Also there are some wonderful projects.They are not difficult and have great results. Amy includes all the patterns for the projects in appendix in the back of the magazine.
The magazine is $3.30 for the online version or $38.70 for a printed one.
It includes 117+ pages full of inspiration,projects,and artist that will brighten your day.
Please check out Amy's wonderful blog,to read more about her and her magazine.
I want to say a big Thank You to Amy for letting me blog about her and her magazine.

Below are some pictures of the latest issue of Inspired Ideas and the pages from when my Dad was featured.
Enjoy!

Alphabet Magnets

2011-03-11T11:54:00.001-08:00

I wanted to show you all a preview of the new Alphabet and Happy House magnets that I will be putting on my Etsy store next week. I will sell them by the letter, so you can build your own words and names. Hope you like them.

My Etsy Store

Inspiration Board

2011-03-03T09:54:00.000-08:00

Right now I(Chloe) am enrolled in Blogging Your Way e-Class by decor8. One of our assignments was to make a "mood Board" showing different pictures, colors, and items that are inspiring and that reflect what you want our blog to look like. For mine I had Dad paint one of his happy houses, and some letters and numbers to scatter throughout the page. I went through some of his favorite magazines to find pictures that reflected his style and aesthetic. One fun idea I had was to put in some of his bingo and playing cards on the page, I thought they added a touch of whimsy.I also used some red baby rick rack around the top and bottom edge to hold some of the different elements on the page. I hope you like what I created. It was a lot of fun to make,I am definitely hooked on them.

Letters Inspiration

2011-02-28T10:14:00.001-08:00

While I was spending a cozy afternoon blogging, I came across this picture below, of this wall of letters. How inspiring! They are all different sizes, fonts, styles, and colors.
But it is still makes whole cohesive statement.
After downloading this picture I went on to Pottery Barn and Etsy to find some letters that would fit in. Some of my favorites I posted below.
But I also found that I made a piece that was on the same idea, except my is smaller and all on one board. I hope you find my ramblings as inspiring as they were for me.

This picture I found on The Nesting Place

These Great metal letters are from PBTeen by Pottery Barn

These are from an Etsy store called sERINa's Custom Shop

I thought these were really cool, moss letters for your garden!
These are also from Pottery Barn

These were my interpretations check them out at my Etsy store

New Items on Etsy

2011-02-16T17:57:00.000-08:00

Here are the pictures of the new items I just listed on Etsy. Enjoy!

February Market 2011

2011-02-08T12:44:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures from our resent big Wholesale show.
Enjoy the new Garden and nest, and happy spring and everyday items.
Enjoy!Thank You Noah for your great pics.

Fresh off the Press

2011-01-09T11:34:00.001-08:00

I thought I would post some pictures of what I been up to lately.
Hearts,hearts,and more hearts!
Hope you like the sneak peek.
Click the picture to check out our Etsy Store for some of these great hearts.

Show Pictures

2011-01-06T14:35:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been soo long since I have posted.
Our Christmas Season was Great and kept us very busy.
Even though we are past Christmas I thought I would post some pictures from the shows we did.
These pictures are from Christmas in the Woods which was in Columbiana,OH.
It was actually a two weekend show.It was about five hours from our house and 1 hour from Pittsburgh,PA. Hope you enjoy!

Numbers

2010-10-04T08:51:00.000-07:00

I was recently on one of mine Friends (and customers) website, and saw these pictures of some of my numbers in her display pictures.I loved they way she grouped them together.
As you might of noticed I am obsessed with numbers.I must like the industrial feel they give.
Many people have asked me what to do with them, and they are a great way to "write out"
important dates, such as birthdays, anniversaries,house number or your favorite number, mine is 3 and 5, which is why there are soo many of those of numbers in my booth.
It was nice to see that the numbers are catching on!
Even though we still got lots of questions about them.
So maybe this blog entry will answer those questions.

Country Living 2010

2010-09-24T18:45:00.001-07:00

Hello from the Country Living Fair in Ohio!
I thought you all might like to see some pictures of the booth and some of the neat items that I made for it.For more pictures of the Fair check out our Family blog.

The polka dot pumpkins were a big hit!

Hope you enjoyed a sneak peek from the show!

Our Barn Be Open!!

2010-09-06T13:00:00.000-07:00

Yet another open house has graced our farm. Maybe you were here, and maybe you were not, but these pictures are for all to enjoy!

Harvest Thyme on the Farm

2010-09-02T08:55:00.001-07:00

Tomorrow is the first day! Come by and check out all the new items that we have made for Fall.
Also we will be open on Monday, Memorial day from 10 till 5, so hope to see you soon!

August Market

2010-09-01T17:20:00.000-07:00

Hello All,

I just finished The August Market. Here is a look at all the stuff!.

Farm Fresh

2010-08-04T12:44:00.000-07:00

Look what's been Growing on our Farm!
The farm stand next to our house is now officially open for business, it hosts farm fresh vegetables,and hand painted Berries In The Meadow Folk Art.
Stop by and see for yourself!

June Market

2010-06-15T10:36:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone I know it has been I long time since I last blogged, but as you will see we have been busy getting ready for one of our big shows. The pictures below are from the show, hope you enjoy!

Open House

2010-04-23T12:51:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures from our Spring Open House.
It is today till 5:00 p.m. and tomorrow 10:00 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.
Hope you enjoy these snapshots!

Open House

2010-04-13T08:38:00.001-07:00

This is the add for our Open house which is the next two weekends.
Hope you can come!

2010-03-26T17:35:00.000-07:00

These pictures below are from two shows that we have done in the last month.
The first set are from Bucks Beautiful in Delaware Valley College and the second set are from The Folk Art show in York.Some of these items have been listed on our Etsy shop so please check it out!

Great New Stuff on Etsy!

2010-03-26T06:16:00.001-07:00

Here is a sneak peek of the new items I just put on Etsy. Hope you enjoy!Click the link below

Berries in the Meadow Art

New Stuff on Etsy

2010-02-17T07:55:00.001-08:00

Today I just added 11 new happy houses to our Etsy Store!
Here is a picture to wet your appetite.
Have a great day.

Market Photos

2010-02-05T18:30:00.001-08:00

January Market

2010-01-25T17:25:00.000-08:00

New Valentines Day Stuff!

2010-01-14T16:37:00.000-08:00

The following pictures are of our new Valentines stuff that will be at the Wholesale on January 21 at the Valley Forge,Pennsylvania.Hope you enjoy the new stuff and we look forward to seeing you all!

Folk Art on the Farm Christmas Open House

2009-11-14T09:35:00.000-08:00

Today is the last day of our Christmas open house.We were open last weekend and yesterday.
Here are some pictures for you to see,so you can feel like you were there!
Hope you enjoy them.

Barn Show

2009-10-02T11:55:00.001-07:00

Today we set-up the barn for a customer that came from New Jersey.It looks very nice inside the old barn.Here are some pictures of the displays we did.

Coutry Living Fair

2009-09-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures from the Country Living Show which I exhibited at.
The show was beautifully layout and had some great craftsman's.
Our whole family had a great time here.There were lots of neat classes to take and watch.
I took one the classes offered by a designer from Earth Angels.
Enjoy these snapshots taken by Noah.

P.S. I have added the followers link on the side bar.
I would like to know all the people that follow my blog so sign up!

Great New Stuff!

2009-08-31T08:32:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of a set up we did in our yard for a customer.
Hope you enjoy them.
Also check out our Etsy store Berries in the Meadow with all the new items we put on today.
Have a great day!

New Things

2009-07-09T13:22:00.001-07:00

The following artwork is painted on canvas

Photography compliments of N.C.C. Photography

Show Displays

2009-07-06T15:51:00.001-07:00

more things

2009-06-29T09:51:00.001-07:00

New Etsy Stuff!

2009-05-29T12:23:00.001-07:00

Here are some new items I just put on Dad's Etsy store today.
Hope you enjoy them!

NEW STUFF!!!

2009-05-27T19:48:00.001-07:00

Here is the newest stuff to my Dad's happy collection!
The new shapes and items are so neat I thought you would enjoy seeing them.
Hope you enjoy them as much as did making them!

Romantic Homes!

2009-05-11T06:43:00.000-07:00

Check out the June 2009 issue of Romantic Homes to see my Dad's Stuff in the pictures taken of the Cottage,the shop featured in this months issues.
The first full page picture for the article has several items of my Dad's items.
We were soo excited for The Cottage that they got into such a great magazine!
Click on the link below to go to their website.

www.cottageatleesburg.com

Happy Stuff!!

2009-04-14T13:51:00.003-07:00

Here are some new stuff I have made recently and thought I would share with you!
Check out the four different ways to look at the Happy Village design!
Our Etsy store will be back on this week so check it out!

Great New Stuff in Etsy!

2009-03-26T08:16:00.000-07:00

Check out the new stuff I just listed on Etsy!
I think the new houses with sayings on them are so neat!

Great New Stuff !!

2009-03-18T05:57:00.001-07:00

Some you have been asking for us to put more stuff on the blog so here it is!
Sorry it took me so long to get them up here!
Hope you enjoy the new stuff!

Great Stuff!

2009-03-05T05:54:00.001-08:00

Here is new stuff I have been working in lately.
I thought you might like to see it!
I especially like the cut out houses in the pink tones!
Hope you enjoy looking.
Also check out my Etsy store for more great stuff !

Pictures complements of N.C.C. Photography

New Stuff!

2009-02-27T09:13:00.000-08:00

Be sure to check out the new stuff I just listed on Etsy.
I also have put some of the listings on the side bar of the blog.
If you click in one of the pictures it will take you right to the store.
Hope you enjoy the new stuff!

Valentine

2009-02-20T08:04:00.001-08:00

I know it is a little late, but here are some gift baskets I made for the children. I made them out of Progresso Soup cans.The Candy I got at Walgreen's with my coupons! I got a great such a great deal on the Starbucks candy for Noah and Chloe.

Vally Forge

2009-02-11T08:21:00.001-08:00

Here are some pictures from the February Market!
There are lots of neat house and happy stuff.
Hope you enjoy!
Sorry it has been soo long since I have posted!

NEW STUFF!

2009-01-23T11:34:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been since we have put new stuff on here!
Here is some new stuff I have made.
It is a representative of all the different signs we make.
There is also some new stuff for this year!
Hope you enjoy!

This is our Garden Line

This is our Spring Line

These our new for this year,they are planter stakes for the Garden line

This is a collage of all our stuff!

Etsy Store

2008-10-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some new items I have put on my Etsy Store.
My store name is Berries in the Meadow.
My store has the same banner as my blog.
Hope you enjoy the stuff!

New Paintings!

2008-08-21T12:42:00.000-07:00

Here are some new fall paintings and happy houses,for you all to enjoy!

Photos complements of N.C.C. Photography

Harvest Thyme!

2008-08-13T18:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some new Harvest Items for you all to look at and enjoy!

Contact for more information.

Happy Homes

2008-08-12T13:21:00.000-07:00

Happy Homes
New Homes on The Market

big houses range in size from 26-17.5 inches

The door to our houses are always open to let friends come in!

Medium range from 15-5.5 inches

Small houses range from 6.5-3 inches

Small houses are for pins and magnets

Photos complements of N.C.C. Photography

New Stuff!

2008-06-16T18:19:00.001-07:00

Here is some new stuff I have been working on.

Hope you enjoy!

(pen for scale)

Inspired Friends! WOW!

2008-06-01T05:13:00.000-07:00

Amy did and unbelievable job on our inspired friends feature.

We are soo excited!Here is a picture from the article!

The Happy Chappys!

2008-05-29T16:17:00.000-07:00

We’re the Chapman family, or as our family blog says, “The Happy Chappys”. Our family is an eclectic mix of wonderful personalities,
God given talents and a love for one another. Our family includes
Phil (Dad), Beth (Mom), Chloe, Noah, Billy, Ty, and Abby; seven Happy Chappy’s in all. If I had to say in a sentence what our family is all about, I would say, “We are a happy family that follows Christ through this pathway of life.” Proverbs 3: 5&6 is our theme verse.
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding; in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He (God) will direct thy paths.” Phil signs all his artwork with this verse as a reminder to give all the glory to God for his talent, success, and family.
Our family picture is a rainbow of color. Three of our children are gifts from heaven, adopted just 1 1/2 years ago. We have been so blessed~we cannot imagine our life without them. Having a “regular” job has it’s security, but I would never trade my home business, home schooling, family-traveling lifestyle for that security. As we travel along life’s pathway, we truly aspire to give God the glory for what He has done, is doing, and will continue to do in our family as we work and minister for Him. “Hands to Work, Hearts to God” is a Shaker saying that truly describes our family; each member has an important part in making our home, business and faith work out for our good and God’s glory.

Our Project: Tin Can Caddy

2008-05-27T17:39:00.000-07:00

A great recycling project to use up your odds-n-ends of scrapbook supplies. Done in as quick-as-a-wink (A wonderful craft project for children!) as well.

List of needed supplies

3 recycled tin cans- washed/ dried & labels removed
3 types of misc. colored co-ordinated ribbon
3 sheets of color co-ordinated scrapbook, wrapping, or printed paper
1 yd. galvanized wire
Spray adhesive
Scissors
Needle nose pliers/wire cutter
Nail & hammer or electric drill

Picture of supplies

Put 4 holes in each can (two over two, like a button) using either the nail & hammer or electric drill.

Measure & cut each paper to fit around can.

Spray adhesive on back of paper strips.

wrap paper around cans

Connect the three cans together, using wire through the bottom holes
twist with pliers to tighten & push end down

To make loop handle: connect the three cans together
using wire through the top holes (wire needs to be 3x as long as bottom hole wire).
With excess wire, loop into a handle and twist bottom. (see Photo)

Measure three strands of ribbon to go around each can with some overlap.
spray adhesive onto ribbon. wrap ribbon around cans ( we did 2 ribbons on top, 1 on the bottom).

Take three more strands of ribbon & tie a knot using all three base of loop handle.

Fill with silverware & enjoy!

Family Photo

2008-05-25T16:12:00.000-07:00

We finally took a new family picture!
We thought it would be good to have a new one done
since we will be traveling a lot this summer and can give it to our family.
Here is a preview, guys. Hope you like it!
We also needed an updated photo for Amy,
Because I am going to be the featured artist the first two weeks of June
at her website Inspireco.com

Happy Spring

2008-03-28T12:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some new spring designs. Tell me what you think. The pen is for scale.

Photo courtesy of N.C.C. Photography

New Stuff!

2008-03-13T05:26:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of my most recent work.
I hope you enjoy them!

Hello!

2008-03-05T16:18:00.001-08:00

Welcome to BERRIES IN THE MEADOW ART.
I hope you enjoy my artwork and signs.
This is a new thing for our family,
I mean this blogging thing.
I think its a great way for my customers to see what I'm up to.
Here are some pictures of my recent work.

Hope you enjoy,

Phil Chapman